Foothill Blvd, Hayward (after hours Weber jetting @ Buggy House)

[kafercup]

sorry to dig up old boring topics and stories from my past @ Buggy House but we have a new member here that can surely relate.... 
Somebody oughta ask Jerry about the day we had our first "in house" Show and Shine.... and when I did the 7500rpm loops (on a stone cold motor... what a dumbass), showering both sides of the street with Kendall green 20W50 when my HP1 blew off. Man he was pissed. I thought I was a goner....
A few bags of grease sweep and a sincere apology to him later... and he laughs and says "What, you thought I was pissed at you? Jes*s jumped up chri*t Jim, I had a godd*mn hard-on a mile fuc*ing long watching you write your name in rubber out there!"

 

That was freaking awesome!! I remember the look on Jerry's face that day.............

[Tony M]

And the tire marks that stayed for a good year. Oil and rubber did meet the road, it was kind of slick out there when it rained  The other part stores in town were, Kent Enginering, and Small Car Acc. Jim i like it when you bring up old stuff.

[Jim Ratto]

And the tire marks that stayed for a good year. Oil and rubber did meet the road, it was kind of slick out there when it rained  The other part stores in town were, Kent Enginering, and Small Car Acc. Jim i like it when you bring up old stuff.

Rob Roddy @ the tire/alignment place across the way was mad too because of oil splat-lets all over his side of the street. Guys just don't know good fun when they see it.
I can remember going in loops, bouncing off limiter out there and seeing the oil pressue light flicker..... 

[Simpsonshoe]

And then there was the down side to that good ol' BH of fun...Not just the hilarious Kendall slide,(which,Jim was kinda proud of at the time)t but Preston's little incident... OUCH.. still hurts to think about it... And, how about that 'vert?

[Jim Ratto]

And then there was the down side to that good ol' BH of fun...Not just the hilarious Kendall slide,(which,Jim was kinda proud of at the time)t but Preston's little incident... OUCH.. still hurts to think about it... And, how about that 'vert?

the Versgrove vert? 8200rpm shifts past BH.... fun day.

[Peter]

Everybody loves your stories Jim
they are an inspiration as well.
nothing more fun than a little mischief

[kafercup]

And then there was the down side to that good ol' BH of fun...Not just the hilarious Kendall slide,(which,Jim was kinda proud of at the time)t but Preston's little incident... OUCH.. still hurts to think about it... And, how about that 'vert?

the Versgrove vert? 8200rpm shifts past BH.... fun day.

Oh yeah, the vert that would pull the front wheels off the ground and twist the chassis so much that the doors would pop open! 

[Simpsonshoe]

And then there was the down side to that good ol' BH of fun...Not just the hilarious Kendall slide,(which,Jim was kinda proud of at the time)t but Preston's little incident... OUCH.. still hurts to think about it... And, how about that 'vert?

the Versgrove vert? 8200rpm shifts past BH.... fun day.

Oh yeah, the vert that would pull the front wheels off the ground and twist the chassis so much that the doors would pop open! 

Yeah, that one.. a a time or two when the harley guys next door would poke their heads out the door and just shake their heads At Darrell's antics...good times. 

[Jim Ratto]

And then there was the down side to that good ol' BH of fun...Not just the hilarious Kendall slide,(which,Jim was kinda proud of at the time)t but Preston's little incident... OUCH.. still hurts to think about it... And, how about that 'vert?

what ever happened to Mike Preston's green '60? Did he ever fix the car? That car was just waiting to go run 12's

[Simpsonshoe]

It showed up on CL a few times.. with a fewer less goodies and a lower price each posting .. it got down to about 2500 about 3-4 years ago and then somebody musta pulled the trigger...

[Jim Ratto]

Wonder what ever happened to his 2276. It was a pretty good ball-bruiser. Some nice stuff in the motor, plus the NOS 48's from Schubert. And the close ratio gearbox too.

Those days @ BH tended to be packed with 60% frustration, 32% boredom, 5% unconsciousness and maybe 2.5% fun, or so it seemed at the time. But in hindsight, life was easy and simple. Just needed to duck when you saw a case-half being thrown.

[stealth67vw]

Tim Supriano and Les Kovach ended up with Preston's car. It had to be reclipped at the drip rails. They lost interest in it and sold it on Craigslist unfinished.